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December 2010

Israel Conqures Space

Shlomo Maital

Look up at the night sky. Though you cannot see it, amid the stars is a small satellite circling the earth every 90 minutes, peering down through clouds and darkness. Called Ofek 9.

December 2010

Blame the Fed

Shlomo Maital

There’s none so blind as a maestro who will not see a bubble.

December 2010

Mideast Marshall plan

Shlomo Maital

Israeli and Palestinian leaders are trying to negotiate a peace deal. They use threat tactics – “stop building in the settlements or I will break off talks” (Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas), or “accept Israel as a Jewish state, or else” (Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu).

September 2010

Whom do we work for?

Shlomo Maital

“Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are!” That’s how American comedian Jimmy Durante (The Shnozzola) signed off his radio and TV programs for many years. He never explained why.